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GRAINS – U.S. corn, soybeans, wheat drop after recent gains

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Reading Time: 3 minutes CHICAGO, July 29 (Reuters) – U.S. wheat futures fell 2.8 per cent to fresh contract lows on Tuesday due to plentiful global supplies as well as strong competition on the export market, traders said. Corn and soybean futures also fell as forecasts for rain in the U.S. Midwest next week alleviated concerns about dry conditions reducing harvest prospects for both […] Read more
Cereals, Corn, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

GRAINS: Corn bounces but posts 5th weekly loss on supply pressure

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on bargain buying Friday but posted a fifth consecutive weekly loss as expectations of record yields in this autumn’s harvest continued to hang over the market, traders said. Wheat rose on short-covering buying as the market consolidated above contract lows set this week, while soybeans ended mixed. At […] Read more
Cereals, Corn, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

GRAINS: U.S. soybeans extend advance on exports, weather worries

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. soybean prices rose to a near two-week high on Thursday on firm export demand and concerns that dry weather in parts of the Midwest crop belt might jeopardize yield prospects, traders said. Corn futures fell to fresh four-year lows, retreating from early gains, and wheat also fell. At the Chicago Board of […] Read more
Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

U.S. spring wheat yield prospects best in 22 years

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Fargo, North Dakota/Reuters — The 2014 U.S. hard red spring wheat crop was projected to yield 48.6 bushels per acre, scouts on an annual crop tour said Thursday, the tour’s highest forecast in at least 22 years. The estimate was based on samples from 373 spring wheat fields assessed during the Wheat Quality Council’s three-day […] Read more
Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

GRAINS: Soybeans hit over one-week high, U.S. old-crop supply tightens

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Front-month soybean futures rose to their highest level in more than a week on Wednesday, supported by firming U.S. cash markets as supplies of old-crop soybeans dwindle with the autumn harvest still about two months away, traders said. Corn futures fell to a fresh four-year low while wheat was mixed in choppy trade. […] Read more
Cereals, Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

ND wheat tour continues — yields variable in northwest

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Bowbells, North Dakota/Reuters — Spring wheat yield potential in northwestern North Dakota was seen as variable, with much of the crop behind its typical development schedule following late planting, scouts on an annual tour found on Wednesday. On one route through Ward, Mountrail and Burke counties, scouts on the Wheat Quality Council’s annual tour projected […] Read more
Barley, Beef Cattle, Crops, Livestock, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Slow sales, transportation keep Prairie feed grain supported

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS — Feed grain prices are above milling prices in some areas of Western Canada right now due to complicated travel logistics and patient farmers, says an industry analyst. “Just in general right now, farmers aren’t really big sellers of crop,” said Charlie Pearson, a provincial crops market analyst at Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Tour sees ‘extraordinary’ wheat crop in North Dakota

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Bismarck, North Dakota/Reuters — Big spring wheat yields were projected in southern North Dakota as abundant soil moisture and cool weather helped foster crop development following an uneven planting season, scouts on an annual crop tour found on Tuesday. “I think we have seen an extraordinary crop,” said Dan Wogsland, executive director of the North […] Read more
Cereals, Corn, Crops, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

GRAINS: U.S. corn slides to 4-yr lows on bright harvest prospects

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures drifted to fresh four-year lows on Tuesday, erasing early gains as favorable weather forecasts bolstered expectations for a bumper harvest, traders said. Wheat followed corn down. Soybeans closed mostly lower, led by new-crop months, but the spot August contract rose on export demand for U.S. soybeans and soymeal. At the Chicago Board […] Read more
Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Crops, Oats, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Ag Canada tightens grain/oilseed stocks projections

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS — Ending stocks of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds at the close of the upcoming 2014/15 (Jul/Nov) crop year will be tighter than earlier projections, according to updated supply/demand tables released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis branch on July 22. The latest tables take into account the latest acreage estimates released by […] Read more

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